castratio
From LSJ
Ἔπαινον ἕξεις, ἂν κρατῇς, ὧν δεῖ κρατεῖν → Laus est, si, quibus est imperandum, tu imperes → Lob hast du, wenn du herrschst, worüber zu herrschen gilt
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
castrātĭo: ōnis, f. castro.
I An emasculating, castration of animals, Col. 6, 26; 7, 11, 1; Pall. Mai, 7, 3; Dig. 21, 1, 38.—
II A pruning, Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 206.
